Jhanak
Indian television series
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Jhanak is an Indian Hindi-language television drama series that aired on StarPlus from 20 November 2023 to 31 May 2026 and streams digitally on JioHotstar.[2][3][4] Produced under Magic Moments Motion Pictures, the series originally starred Hiba Nawab, Krushal Ahuja and Chandni Sharma in the lead roles. The story of the first generation was inspired by the Star Jalsha's Bengali series, Jol Nupur.[5]
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| Genre | Drama Romance Tragedy |
| Created by | Leena Gangopadhyay |
| Written by | Dialogue: Leena Gangopadhyay |
| Screenplay by | Leena Gangopadhyay |
| Story by | Leena Gangopadhyay |
| Directed by |
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| Creative director | Garima Dimri |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Debojyoti Mishra |
| Composer | Dwarkesh Joshi |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 923 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Arabinda Dasgupta & Debolina Mukhopadhyay (Magic Moments Motion Pictures) Taniya, Supriyo & Shayak (StarPlus) |
| Producers | Saibal Banerjee Leena Gangopadhyay |
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| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 40 minutes |
| Production company | Magic Moments Motion Pictures |
| Original release | |
| Network | StarPlus |
| Release | 20 November 2023 – 31 May 2026[1] |
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Since June 2025, the show featured Riya Sharma in the titular role as Jhanak (the daughter of Jhanak, previously portrayed by Hiba Nawab), along with Arjit Taneja (replaced by Rajveer Singh) and Twinkle Arora.[6] The second-generation storyline is a loose adaptation of Star Jalsha's Bengali series, Ishti Kutum.
The show also featured Megha Chakraborty as Ishani in a parallel storyline.[7] Following the positive response to Ishani's storyline, it was developed into a standalone series titled Ishani, which premiered from 3 July 2025 to 27 October 2025.
Plot
After her mother's death, Jhanak is forced to marry her cousin Arshi's fiancé, Aniruddh, to escape her stalker, Tejas. Although Aniruddh and Arshi have been together for seven years, Jhanak enters their lives under distressing circumstances and begins to work as the Bose household's maid. While some family members treat her kindly, others insult and belittle her. Despite Arshi's presence, Jhanak and Aniruddh become close and become intimate when he is intoxicated during a trip to Kashmir.
Their secret marriage is exposed, causing major tension within the family. Though humiliated, Arshi decides to stay. Jhanak moves to Mumbai to pursue her dream of becoming a dancer and returns, claiming to be pregnant with Aniruddh's child. However, it is revealed to be a tumour. Aniruddh suffers a heart attack, and Jhanak is presumed dead after being targeted by Srishti and Tejas. She is rescued by Kulbhushan, Brijbhushan's lookalike, and soon learns that Brijbhushan is her biological father. Kulbhushan, with the help of Srishti and Urvashi, had stolen Brijbhushan's identity. Determined to expose them, Jhanak returns disguised as Nutan. During an anniversary celebration, their truth is revealed. Kulbhushan murders Brijbhushan, and Aniruddh, still in love with Jhanak, falsely claims to have cancer to marry her. Arshi reveals to everyone that she is pregnant with Aniruddh's child. It is revealed that she had spiked his drink and posed as Jhanak in order to have sex with him, hoping to bind him to her forever because of their baby. Upon discovering the truth, a heartbroken Jhanak breaks off ties with Aniruddh and leaves for Mumbai with Aditya Kapoor.
Kulbhushan's men kidnap Jhanak, but she manages to escape. Meanwhile, property disputes erupt in the Bose family, and Jhanak ends up in Gujarat disguised as Vihaan's late wife, Avni. She is shocked to discover that Aniruddh is Vihaan's close friend. At a family wedding, Arshi exposes Jhanak's true identity. A marriage is arranged between Jhanak and Vihaan, but she flees before the ceremony.
Jhanak is captured again by Kulbhushan's men but is saved by an elderly couple. She ends up in a red-light area and escapes to a police station, where Choton finds her and brings her back to the Bose house. During Arshi's baby shower, Srishti publicly apologises and claims to be Jhanak's mother. Arshi gives birth to a daughter and Jhanak becomes the caretaker of the child but continues to face humiliation and abuse from the family. Jhanak eventually learns that Arshi's daughter was swapped at birth. During the Holi festival, she exposes the truth and begins searching for the real child. Meanwhile, Laal divorces Bipasha after her father, Sarveshwar, reappears. Bipasha conspires with him to send Jhanak to Banaras.
Jhanak tracks down the man responsible for stealing Arshi's baby and attempts to expose him. Meanwhile, Mimi and Anirban plan their wedding, and a false case is filed against Jhanak. She is arrested, but Aniruddh and Mimi testify in her defence, revealing the constant mental abuse she endured in the Bose household. Inspector Sanjay Sarkar uncovers that several police officers helped Shubho, Tanuja, and Arshi frame Jhanak by suppressing evidence, and exposes this to the court. The judge dismisses the case due to lack of evidence and clears Jhanak of all charges. Shubho, Tanuja, and Arshi are left humiliated as the truth comes to light, and justice finally prevails for Jhanak.
Arshi meets Siddharth Chatterjee and quickly falls in love with him, while Aniruddh leaves the Bose house to live in a live-in relationship with Jhanak. When Aniruddh learns of Arshi's growing closeness to Siddharth, he insists that Arshi divorce him so that he can marry Jhanak and she can be with Siddharth. The divorce proceedings nearly reach completion, but Siddharth betrays Arshi and elopes with his girlfriend, leaving her devastated. Aniruddh and Jhanak return to the Bose house and begin their wedding preparations. However, on the wedding day, Arshi returns and refuses to grant the divorce. Heartbroken, Jhanak runs away and, on her journey, finds Arshi and Aniruddh's kidnapped daughter, Aditi, affectionately nicknamed "Moon". She rescues her, boards a bus, and meets Parashar, who saves them both from Kulbhushan's goons and takes them to Shimulbuni. Over time, Jhanak and Parashar grow close as he supports her and helps raise Moon as his own daughter.
Cast
Main
- Hiba Nawab / Parvati Sehgal as Jhanak "Nutan" Raina Bhanushali Bose : A dancer; Srishti and Brijbhushan's daughter (2023–2025) / (2025)
- Krushal Ahuja / Sumeet Sachdev as Aniruddha "Ani" Bose: Shubhankar and Tanuja's son (2023–2025) / (2025–2026)
- Chandni Sharma / Ashlesha Sawant as Arshi Mukherjee Bose: A dancer; Srishti and Vinayak's daughter (2023–2025) / (2025–2026)
- Riya Sharma as Dr. Jhanak "Phool" Bose Chatterjee: Jhanak Raina and Aniruddha's daughter; Rishi's wife (2025–2026)
- Arjit Taneja / Rajveer Singh as Inspector Rishi Chatterjee: Tanushree and Abhimanyu's son; Jhanak Chatterjee's husband (2025) / (2025–2026)
- Twinkle Arora as Aditi "Moon" Bose Mitra: A professor; Arshi and Aniruddha's daughter; Rishi's ex-wife; Kaushik's wife (2025–2026)
- Savi Jain as child Aditi "Moon" Bose (2025)
Recurring
Raina family
- Sangeetaa Ballachandran as Mrs. Raina: Urvashi, Bharat, Laxman and Srishti's mother (2023)
- Shilpa Tulaskar as Urvashi Raina: A dancer; Mrs. Raina's younger daughter (2023)
- Bharat Kaul as Bharat Raina: Mrs. Raina's elder son; Srishti, Laxman and Urvashi's brother; Kaushalya's husband; Aarya's father (2023-2024)
- Ekta Sharma as Kaushalya Raina: Bharat's wife; Aarya's mother; (2023)
- Anand Sharma as Laxman Raina: Mrs Raina's younger son; Bharat, Srishti and Urvashi's brother; Urmila's husband (2023)
- Neetu Bhatt as Urmila Raina: Laxman's wife (2023)
Mukherjee family
- Dolly Sohi / Poorva Gokhale / Parinita Seth as Srishti Raina Mukherjee: A dancer; Mrs Raina's elder daughter (2023–2024) / (2024–2025) / (2025)
- Saurabh Agarwal as Vinayak Mukherjee: A scientist; Srishti's second husband; Arshi's father (2023–2025)
Bhanushali family
- Sanjay Gandhi as
- Brijbhushan Bhanushali: A dance teacher; Kulbhushan's twin brother and enemy; Srishti's estranged husband and enemy (2024) (Dead)
- Kulbhushan Bhanushali: Brijbhushan's twin brother, imposter, enemy and murderer; Jhanak Raina's uncle and kidnapper; Srishti's partner-in-crime (2023–2025)
Bose family
- Madhuri Sanjeev as Arundhati Bose: Matriarch of the Bose family; Amitabh's wife (2023–2025)
- Prithvi Zutshi as Amitabh Bose: Patriach of the Bose family; Arundhati's husband (2023–2025)
- Ajay Chakraborty as Dipankar "Bablu" Bose: Amitabh and Arundhati's eldest son (2023–2026)
- Reena Pimpale as Anjana Bose: Dipankar's wife; Aparajita and Laal's mother (2023–2026)
- Sunny Sachdeva as Laal Bose: A college professor: Dipankar and Anjana's son (2023–2025)
- Patrali Chattopadhyay as Bipasha Jha Bose: Nandini and Sarveshwar's daughter; Laal's ex wife (2023–2025)
- Kajal Pisal as Tanuja Bose: Shubhankar's wife (2023–2025)
- Sachin Verma as Advocate Shubhankar "Shubho" Bose: A dishonest and disgraced lawyer; Amitabh and Arundhati's second son (2023–2025)
- Srijani Banerjee as IAS Mimi Bose: Tanuja and Shubhankar's elder daughter (2023–2025)
- Meghna Kukreja / Aarshavi Joshi / Simran Khanna as Rumi Bose: Tanuja and Shubhankar's younger daughter (2023–2024) / (2024–2025) / (2025)
- Puneet Panjwani as Rupankar "Choton" Bose: Amitabh and Arundhati's youngest son (2023-2025)
- Deepali Pansare / Ankita Sharma as Mrinalini "Minu" Ghosh Bose: A school principal; Rupankar's wife (2024–2025) / (2025)
Chatterjee family (Season 1)
- Barsha Chatterjee / Chitrapama Banerjee as Anuradha Chatterjee: Pranay's widow (2024–2025) / (2025)
- Bhavya Sachdeva as Lalon Chaterjee: An honest famous singer; Anuradha and Pranay's son (2024-2025)
- Ankita Chakraborty as Aparajita "Appu" Bose Chatterjee: A singer: Anjana and Dipankar's daughter (2023-2025)
- Isha Pandey / Enakshi Ganguly as Kajol Sen Chatterjee: A teacher; Lalon's friend and second wife (2024–2025) / (2025)
- Komal Thakur as Jimli Chatterjee: Anuradha and Pranay's daughter (2024–2025)
Parekh family
- Vaishali Thakkar as Ketki Parekh: Matriarch of the Parekh family; Mahendranath's wife (2025)
- Muni Jha as Mahendranath Parekh: Patriarch of the Parekh family; Ketki's husband (2025)
- Jignesh Joshi as Bhavesh Parekh: Ketki and Mahendranath's eldest son (2025)
- Mahi Khan as Priyanshi Parekh: Bhavesh and Prachi's daughter (2025)
- Piyali Munshi as Prachi Parekh: Bhavesh's wife; Priyanshi's mother (2025)
- Aarya Dharamchand Kumar as Hitesh Parekh: Ketki and Mahendranath's second son (2025)
- Soniyaa Kaur as Sejal Parekh: Hitesh's wife; Riddhi's mother (2025)
- Jia Narigara as Riddhi Parekh: Sejal and Hitesh's daughter (2025)
- Kunal Verma as Dr. Vihaan Parekh: Ketki and Mahendranath's youngest son (2025)
- Ahil Sharma as Ahaan Parekh: Avni and Vihaan's son; Jhanak Raina's foster son (2025)
- Rupali Thapa as Mehek Parekh: Ketki and Mahendranath's daughter (2025)
Chatterjee family (Season 2)
- Sanjeev Seth as Jyotirmay "Dadabhai" Chatterjee: Patriarch of the Chatterjee family (2025–2026)
- Purva Parag as Indumati Chatterjee: Matriarch of the Chatterjee family; Jyotirmay's wife (2025–2026)
- Astha Agarwal as Neelu Chatterjee: Jyotirmay and Indumati's elder daughter (2025–2026)
- Harsha Khandeparkar as Putul Chatterjee Mukherjee: Jyotirmay and Indumati's younger daughter (2025–2026)
- Shrey Pareek as Dr. Dhritiman Chatterjee: Jyotirmay and Indumati's son (2025–2026)
- Amaira Jairath as Sanjhbati Chatterjee: Dhritiman's wife (2025–2026)
- Ujjwal Rana as Abhimanyu Chatterjee: Jyotirmay's and Surjeet's brother (2025–2026)
- Jyoti Mukherjee as Tanushree Chatterjee: Abhimanyu's wife(2025–2026)
- Saloni Rathi / Surbhi Rohra as Dr. Mishti Chatterjee: Tanushree and Abhimanyu's daughter (2025–2026)
- Anuj Khurana / Vishal Nayak as Dr. Surjeet Chatterjee: Jyotirmay and Abhimanyu's brother (2025–2026) / (2026)
- Amita Kulkarni as Payal Chatterjee: A school teacher; Surjeet's ex wife (2025–2026)
- Nandini Karmarkar as Kaju Chatterjee: Surjeet and Payal's daughter (2025–2026)
- Jivansh Gupta as Badam Chatterjee: Surjeet and Payal's son; Kaju's brother (2025–2026)
Others
- Rajani Gupta as Radha: Urmila's friend (2023)
- Rishi Kaushik as Tejas Kumar: A corrupt politician; Jhanak's obsessive lover (2023-2024)
- Satvik Sankhyan as Rahul: Jhanak's college best friend and one-sided love interest (2023-2024)
- Pankaj Bijlani as Dr. Anirban Sen: Mimi's love interest (2024-2025)
- Ajeet Agrawal as Guru Ji: Head of the Ashram; Brijbhushan's friend (2024)
- Amit Dolawat as Advocate Devashish Roy: Jhanak and Brijbhushan's lawyer (2024)
- Tarun Raj Nihalani as Rudra Pratap Singh "Guru ji": A dance teacher; Jhanak's mentor; Pallavi's husband (2024)
- Sanjana Sinha as Pallavi Pratap Singh; Pratap's wife (2024)
- Salman Shaikh as Aditya Kapoor: A famous actor; Jhanak's friend and one-sided love interest (2024)
- Saurabh Gumber as Anindo: A fraudster; Jimli's ex-husband (2024)
- Piyush Sahdev as Siddharth "Sid" Chatterjee: Arshi's ex-love interest (2025)
- Gaurav Sharma/Sachal Tyagi as Anant "Parashar" Kumar Nihar: A tribal leader; Jhanak's helper (2025) / (2025–2026)
- Ruchi Tripathi/Puja Sharma as Kanka (2025) / (2025–2026)
- Komal Srivastav as Sakhi: Nutan's friend (2025–2026)
- Unknown/Unknown as Bua Ji: Parashar's aunt (2025)/(2025-2026)
- Shivam Singh Mandloi as Veer: Parashar's friend (2025)
- Adish Vaidya as Ankush: Indranath's rival; Rishi's kidnapper (2026)
- Rakesh Kukreti as Indranath: An education minister (2026)
- Ayush Anand / Pulkit Bangia as Kaushik Mitra: Mr. Mitra and Gopa's son; Aditi's second husband (2026)/(2026)
- Mridula Oberoi as Gopa Mitra: Mr. Mitra's wife; Kaushik's mother (2026)
- Krishna Soni as Mr. Mitra: Gopa's husband; Kaushik's father (2026)
- Arham Abbasi as Arya Mukherjee: Putul's husband (2026)
- Sumit Bhardwaj as Dr. Ayushmaan: Jhanak Chatterjee's boss (2026)
Guest appearances
- Neha Harsora as Sailee Jadhav from Udne Ki Aasha (2024, 2025, 2026)
- Rutuja Bagwe as Vaijayanti "Vaiju" to promote Maati Se Bandhi Dor (2024)
- Kumar Sanu as himself (2024)
- Sonakshi Batra as Meghla Sen from Iss Ishq Ka Rabb Rakha (2024, 2025)
- Shreya Jain as Adrija Sen to promote Iss Ishq Ka Rabb Rakha (2024)
- Vaibhavi Hankare as Tejaswini Chavan from Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin (2025)
- Khushi Dubey as Gauri from Jaadu Teri Nazar – Daayan Ka Mausam (2025)
- Shritama Mitra as Anjali Awasthi from Advocate Anjali Awasthi (2025)
- Param Singh as Neelkant Pradhan from Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin (2025)
- Megha Chakraborty as Ishani Sengupta from Ishani (2025)
- Anupam Bhattacharya as Shashwat Sengupta from Ishani (2025)
- Aasiya Kazi as Nandini Mitra Sengupta from Ishani (2025)
- Richa Rathore as Pihu Sengupta from Ishani (2025)
- Tanmay Nagar as Yash Sengupta from Ishani (2025)
- Sneha Bhawsar as Ankita Ghosh from Ishani (2025)
- Shresth Kumar as Jeet from Ishani (2025)
- Divya Patil as Khushi from Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahi (2025)
- Manjeet Makkar as Krishna from Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahi (2025)
- Ashika Padukone as Deepa from Shehzaadi... Hai Tu Dil Ki (2025)
- Saisha Kumawat as Jyoti from Shehzaadi... Hai Tu Dil Ki (2025)
- Anuradha Paudwal as herself (2026)
- Kanwar Dhillon as Sachin Deshmukh from Udne Ki Aasha in Baisakhi Da Mela (2026)
- Rohit Suchanti as Angad Virani from Kyunki Rishton Ke Bhi Roop Badalte Hain in Baisakhi Da Mela (2026)
- Tanisha Mehta as Vrinda Gokhale Virani from Kyunki Rishton Ke Bhi Roop Badalte Hain in Baisakhi Da Mela (2026)
- Krushal Ahuja as Yuvraj Shekhwat from Taara in Baisakhi Da Mela (2026)
- Kanikka Kapur as Taara Shekhawat from Taara in Baisakhi Da Mela (2026)
Production
Development
Jhanak is produced by Leena Gangopadhyay and Saibal Banerjee under Magic Moments Motion Pictures.[8] It is inspired from Jol Nupur.[9][10]
Casting
Hiba Nawab was cast in the titular role of Jhanak.[11][12] Krushal Ahuja was cast as Aniruddha Bose opposite Hiba Nawab.[13] Chandni Sharma was cast as Arshi, the parallel lead.[14][15] Dolly Sohi was cast as Arshi's mother Srishti,[16] while Kajal Pisal was cast as Aniruddh's mother Tanuja.[17][18] Rishi Kaushik was cast as Tejas, Jhanak's obsessive lover.[19][20]
In January 2024, Sohi quit the show and was replaced by Poorva Gokhale.[21][22] In April 2024, Deepali Pansare was cast as Mrinalini, opposite Puneet Panjwani.[23]
Zohaib Siddiqui and Erica Fernandes[24] were approached to play the new leads post the generation leap, but Riya Sharma, Arjit Taneja and Twinkle Arora were finalized.[25] Krushal Ahuja was replaced by Sumeet Sachdev as the older Anirudh, while Parvati Sehgal took over the role of the older Jhanak, replacing Nawab. Ashlesha Sawant replaced Chandni Sharma as older Arshi.[26]
Filming
The shooting of the series began in September 2023.[27] It was primarily based in Kashmir and Kolkata, and some initial episodes were shot in both locations.[28][29]
Nawab had learned to row a shikara within two days for the role of Jhanak.[30]
Release
In June 2025, a promo for the twenty-year leap was released featuring Riya Sharma and Arjit Taneja as new leads, respectively playing Jhanak and Rishi.[31] Taneja quit the show in September 2025, and was replaced by Rajveer Singh[32] and the show's runtime extended to 45-minutes and shifted to 11.00 pm (IST).[33]